eurekapd Chapter 429 The General's Plan
Chapter 429 The General's Plan
To explain this matter clearly, we have to mention that a group of "foreigners" came to Honshu Island a month ago.
here……
By the way, Honshu is a place called Shimane Prefecture, and there is a silver mine there called "Iwami Ginzan".
The current mining volume of this mine is very scary. This silver mine alone provides 33% of the world's silver.
Honshu is not only the largest island in eastern Japan, but also the location of the largest silver mine. In addition, the daimyo here are all very, very powerful figures.
Their surnames are Oda, Toyotomi, and Tokugawa!
It is easy to imagine why these three big men were able to become generals in later generations. They had money in their pockets and were not worried.
And in this era...
The daimyo who controlled Honshu, now the shogun of Eastern Japan, was the family with the longest surname in Eastern Japan's history. Kankai Yukoji... This is not a name, it's a surname, followed by a certain person.
The general has recently received reports that people from all over the country have been attacked by the Qi bandits. At the same time, he has also obtained information from the Eastern Japanese who fought against the Qi bandits and survived.
The Qi invaders were no stronger than the Dongwo, and in terms of individual skills, they were evenly matched. If an Dongwo warrior fought a Qi invader head-on with cold weapons, he could kill three!
This is not a joke!
The samurai families of Eastern Japan are hereditary warriors, and are famous for their swordsmanship. If you have no experience or are afraid to accept the challenge, you are not worthy of being a samurai.
And what kind of people are Qi Kou?
Defeated deserters! Sent directly here, their only slight advantage over ordinary people is that they know how to "line up and shoot" when firing muskets.
However, because of their ability to assassinate with cold weapons, they could not defeat the brave, fat and strong barbarians, nor the agile and martial arts-skilled Eastern Japanese.
and so……
These shameless guys actually put their skill talents into firearms. Didn’t they agree to line up and kill each other?
As a result, when you are ready to PK with the opponent, this shameless guy will directly pull out a musket in the middle of the fight, and after the fight, he will say to you, "Sir, times have changed!"
Isn’t it infuriating?
That's really infuriating!
It's useless to be angry. All is fair in war. Who would insist on being fair and just in war? Of course, the best way to kill the enemy is to win.
You tell the enemy that you are only good at using muskets and ask them not to use them if they dare. Is that possible?
General You Xiaolu was a little angry after the investigation. By spending money like crazy and recruiting craftsmen, they successfully made the first batch of muskets.
But these muskets...
Ah, how to say it?
It is a large-sized "sky rocket"!
Have you ever played with a sky rocket?
It's just an iron pipe with gunpowder piled inside, and the fuse is placed from the front. You have to run fast when igniting it. If you react too slowly, the gunpowder and bullets erupting from the pipe will kill you.
Looking at the batches of "iron tube sky rockets", the eyelids of General Xiaolu are twitching. I read a lot, don't lie to me!
I heard from the East Japanese warriors who escaped back that their muskets were not ignited at the front, and they didn't even need to be ignited!
Just pull the trigger on a small slot under the muzzle, and then there will be a dazzling flash of fire, and then the person will feel pain and fall down.
Although a little unhappy, the craftsmen asked the general, "Tell me if you have made it! Can this thing be launched? Can it kill people?"
The general had no choice but to reward them with silver and persuade them earnestly to try harder. He hoped that if they improved their weapons, they could produce firearms like the ones used by Qi Kou.
The truth is...
impossible!
How long had it been since the fall of the Great Qi and the rise of the White Qi, and then the rise of Li Jize, to the occupation and development of Qingzhou? That was only possible because Li Jize had the ideas and technology in his head.
Now, these people can immediately make their own firearms just by looking at them? It's like people in later generations seeing a Gatling gun emitting blue fire, and then trying to make one with their hands?
Of course, looking for guides online and looking at other people’s drawings is another matter.
How could it be possible to create it by hand without a blueprint? Even if a miracle was created, it would not be done in a day or two.
Just when General You Xiaolu was having a headache and didn't know what to do, surprisingly, the blueprint actually fell from the sky.
This is not...
Someone immediately came to report to the general that a few "foreigners" came to ask for a meeting and said they could solve the general's urgent problem.
Ok?
This made Kanjie You Xiaolu very confused. Under what circumstances would a foreigner come here?
But now that he has said it, of course I have to go and meet him. His biggest problem now is firearms!
then……
When Kanjie met these foreigners on the small road, he finally understood that they were going to preach and hoped to get the consent of him, the general.
General, I don’t care what nonsense you spread. I just want to solve my own urgent problem, so how do I make firearms?
Don't even say it...
These foreigners really have a way! In their era, although rifled guns and fixed-loaded ammunition had not yet appeared, they did have the technology to produce self-propelled muskets, also known as flintlock rifles.
Flintlock technology sounds quite remarkable, requiring no match to ignite a firearm, but truth be told is worth a thousand words. Its core secret is...
Use flint!
Use this thing to eliminate the ignition of the match, and the sparks from the flint hitting the back will directly ignite the powder chamber of the musket.
WTF! Foreigners are foreigners. Just one sentence made them realize it. But the key point is that even if you know the principle, if you can't do it, it's the same as not knowing it.
This is the famous unity of knowledge and action.
The foreigners have explained the principle, but what does it look like in reality? The best way is to find a way, if you can show them what a musket looks like.
When the missionaries heard this, they were also confused. They said, "We are here to preach. Why do we need muskets?" "How can we have such things?"
this is not……
The investigation began with General Xiaolu's thoughts. Where could he get a musket to use as a reference? Ideally, he could fight those pirates again and capture one of them. Seizing the musket from their hand would definitely, definitely allow him to replicate it.
In order to complete this plan, the general was ruthless enough and sent people to inform the pirates and challenge them to a fight.
What’s surprising is…
Pirate King Li Jihuan actually agreed!